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Modern Classical Physics
Modern Classical Physics
Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics
KIP S. THORNE and ROGER D. BLANDFORD
P R I N C E T O N U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S
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Names: Thorne, Kip S., author. | Blandford, Roger D., author.
Title: Modern classical physics : optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity,
relativity, and statistical physics / Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford.
Description: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2014028150 | ISBN 9780691159027 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 0691159025 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Physics.
Classification: LCC QC21.3 .T46 2015 | DDC 530—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2014028150
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CONTENTS
List of Boxes xxvii
Preface xxxi
Acknowledgments xxxix
PART I FOUNDATIONS 1
1
Newtonian Physics: Geometric Viewpoint 5
1.1
Introduction 5
1.1.1 The Geometric Viewpoint on the Laws of Physics 5
1.1.2 Purposes of This Chapter 7
1.1.3 Overview of This Chapter 7
1.2
Foundational Concepts 8
1.3
Tensor Algebra without a Coordinate System 10
1.4